Jude Law explains Sherlock Holmes delay

British actor Jude Law has assured fans plans are in place to give Sherlock Holmes a third outing on the big screen despite ongoing delays.

The Alfie star has appeared as sidekick Dr. John Watson in two movies based on the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, opposite Robert Downey, Jr. as the supersleuth, and the last installment, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, hit cinemas in 2011.

Law reveals the whole "team" wants to reunite for a third movie, but plans have been on hold for a while due to scheduling conflicts.

He tells Empire magazine, "I think Warners (Warner Bros.) want it and there's a lot of want from us as a team. We want it to be better than the other two. We want to make sure it's smarter and cleverer, but in the same realm... It's a slow process (getting it together). We're all busy. So getting us together to try to nail that has taken a little bit longer than we had hoped."